Britain's Got Talent | |
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Series 13 | |
Presented by | Ant & Dec (ITV) Stephen Mulhern (ITV2) |
Judges | David Walliams Alesha Dixon Amanda Holden Simon Cowell |
Winner | Colin Thackery |
Runner-up | X |
Release | |
Original network | ITV ITV2 (BGMT) |
Original release | 6 April – 2 June 2019 |
Series chronology | |
The thirteenth series of British talent competition programme Britain's Got Talent was broadcast on ITV, from 6 April to 2 June 2019. This series became the first to see the return of Ant McPartlin to his television duties, hosting alongside Dec Donnelly (colloquially forming the hosting duo known as Ant & Dec), following his absence the previous year to attend rehabilitation prior to the start of the previous series' live episodes. [1] Alongside McPartlin's return, the competition for this year saw the oldest participant to win Britain's Got Talent, and the surprise return of a performer who participated in a previous year's contest, operating under an alias until their final appearance.
The thirteenth series was won by 89-year-old singer Colin Thackery, [2] with mentalist Marc Spelmann (under the stage name "X") finishing in second place and magician Ben Hart third. During its broadcast, the series averaged 8.32 million viewers.
The judges' auditions took place between January and February 2019, within London and Manchester. [3] [4] During filming of the London auditions, the event was kick-started by a special performance from Susan Boyle to mark her tenth year as a singer since she first made her appearance on Britain's Got Talent's third series. [5] One of the most notable auditionees for this year's contest was David J. Watson – a participant who had auditioned for ten years for a place on the programme without success. His latest attempt led to the host of Britain's Got More Talent, Stephen Mulhern, triggering a Golden Buzzer for him. This action led to speculation in the media over whether this had been officially allowed , but it was later revealed to have been disallowed on the grounds that it did not fall under the contest rules, as Mulhern had no official allowance to provide a Golden Buzzer act.
This series featured two notable events during its broadcast. The first to take place was the forced withdrawal of an act – extreme magicians Brotherhood – who had secured a spot in the semi-finals. Despite Brotherhood's success in the auditions landing them a place in the fifth and final semi-final, concerns over health and safety were raised about the dangerous nature of their performance, leading to the group of magicians withdrawing their involvement at the request of the production staff and broadcaster, and their place being offered to another act which had been eliminated during auditions. [6] Additionally, a dance troupe who had made it to the semi final stage also withdrew following the death of one of their members. The group's audition was not broadcast. The second was the surprise revelation that a participant who had operated under anonymity was in reality a former semi-finalist from the previous year's contest who had re-entered the contest for this year in order to emphasise the values of hope and perseverance.
Of the participants that took part, only 40 made it into the five live semi-finals – of these acts, dancer Akshat Singh, band Chapter 13, choir Flakefleet Primary School, singer Giorgia Borg, and stand-up comedian Kojo Anim [7] each received a golden buzzer during their auditions – with eight appearing in each one, and eleven of these acts making it into the live final; the wildcard act chosen by the judges was dance duo Libby & Charlie, after they lost out in a tied judges' vote in the last semi-final round. The following below lists the results of each participant's overall performance in this series:
Participant | Age(s) 1 | Genre | Act | Semi-final | Result |
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4MG | 17–19 | Magic | Magic Group | 2 | Finalist |
Akshat Singh ![]() | 13 | Dance | Dancer | 1 | Eliminated |
Angels Inc. | 23–28 | Magic | Illusion Group | 3 | Eliminated |
Barbara Nice | 65 | Comedy | Stand Up Comedian | 5 | Eliminated |
Ben Hart | 28 | Magic | Magician | 4 | Finalist |
Brian Gilligan | 32 | Singing | Singer | 1 | Eliminated |
Chapter 13 ![]() | 14–15 | Singing / Music | Band | 3 | Eliminated |
Colin Thackery | 89 | Singing | Singer | 3 | Winner |
Dave & Finn | 42 & 9 | Animals / Magic | Mentalist & Dog Handler | 1 | Finalist |
Duo A&J | 28 & 26 | Acrobatics | Aerial Duo | 4 | Eliminated |
Fabulous Sisters 3 | 12–26 | Dance | Japanese Dance Group | 5 | Eliminated |
Faith Tucker | 18 | Singing | Opera Singer | 2 | Eliminated |
Flakefleet Primary School ![]() | 4–11 | Singing | Choir | 1 | Finalist |
Giorgia Borg ![]() | 10 | Singing | Singer | 2 | Eliminated |
Gomonov Knife Show | 25 & 36 | Danger | Knife Throwing Duo | 3 | Eliminated |
Gonzo | 33 | Music | Tambourinist | 5 | Eliminated |
Graeme Mathews | 34 | Comedy / Magic | Comic Magician | 4 | Eliminated |
Jacob Jones | 27 | Singing | Singer | 5 | Eliminated |
Jimmy Tamley | 64 | Comedy | Ventriloquist | 4 | Eliminated |
John Archer | 58 | Comedy / Magic | Comic Magician | 3 | Eliminated |
Jonathan Goodwin | 39 | Danger | Escape Artist | 5 | Finalist |
Kerr James | 12 | Singing | Singer | 4 | Eliminated |
Khronos Girls | 15–18 | Dance | Dance Group | 1 | Eliminated |
KNE | 22–35 | Dance | Dance Group | 3 | Eliminated |
Kojo Anim ![]() | 39 | Comedy | Stand Up Comedian | 3 | Finalist |
Leanne Mya | 31 | Singing | Singer | 5 | Eliminated |
Libby & Charlie 4 ![]() | 11 & 11 | Dance | Contemporary Dance Duo | 5 | Finalist |
Lil' Icons 2 | 7–18 | Dance | Dance Group | 4 | Eliminated |
Mark McMullan | 23 | Singing | Singer | 4 | Finalist |
Matt Stirling | 46 | Magic | Stunt Magician | 2 | Eliminated |
Rob King | 28 | Singing | Musical Theatre Singer | 3 | Eliminated |
Rosie & Adam 2 | 21 & 38 | Danger | Rollerskating Duo | 1 | Eliminated |
Siobhan Phillips | 42 | Comedy / Singing / Music | Comic Singer & Pianist | 2 | Finalist |
State of the Fart 2 | 26 | Music | Manualist | 2 | Eliminated |
The Haunting 2 | 38 | Magic | Horror Magician | 1 | Eliminated |
The Queen | 92 7 | Comedy | Drag Comedian | 2 | Eliminated |
Tony Rudd | 58 | Comedy | Impressionist | 1 | Eliminated |
Ursula Burns | 48 | Comedy / Singing / Music | Comic Harpist & Singer | 4 | Eliminated |
Vardanyan Brothers 3 | 28 & 30 | Acrobatics | Acrobatic Duo | 2 | Eliminated |
X 8 | 47 | Magic | Mentalist | 5 | Runner-Up |
Semi-Finalist [9] | Order | Buzzes and judges' votes | Finished [10] | |||
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Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | |||
Akshat Singh | 1 | 7th - Eliminated | ||||
Tony Rudd | 2 | 6th - Eliminated | ||||
Brian Gilligan | 3 | 8th - Eliminated | ||||
The Haunting | 4 | ![]() | 3rd (Lost Judges' Vote) | |||
Flakefleet Primary School | 5 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 2nd (Won Judges' Vote) | |
Khronos Girls | 6 | 5th - Eliminated | ||||
Dave & Finn | 7 | 1st (Won Public Vote) | ||||
Rosie & Adam | 8 | 4th - Eliminated |
Semi-Finalist | Order | Buzzes and judges' votes | Finished [10] | |||
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Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | |||
The Queen | 1 | ![]() | 8th - Eliminated | |||
State of the Fart | 2 | ![]() | 7th - Eliminated | |||
Vardanyan Brothers | 3 | 6th - Eliminated | ||||
Giorgia Borg | 4 | 5th - Eliminated | ||||
Matt Stirling | 5 | ![]() | 3rd (Lost Judges' Vote) | |||
Siobhan Phillips | 6 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 2nd (Won Judges' Vote) | |
4MG | 7 | 1st (Won Public Vote) | ||||
Faith Tucker | 8 | 4th - Eliminated |
Semi-Finalist | Order | Buzzes and judges' votes | Finished [10] | |||
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Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | |||
Angels Inc. | 1 | 5th - Eliminated | ||||
Rob King | 2 | 6th - Eliminated | ||||
KNE | 3 | 8th - Eliminated | ||||
John Archer | 4 | 8 | 3rd (Lost Judges' Vote) | |||
Gomonov Knife Show | 5 | 7th - Eliminated | ||||
Colin Thackery | 6 | 1st (Won Public Vote) | ||||
Kojo Anim | 7 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 8 | 2nd (Won Judges' Vote) |
Chapter 13 | 8 | 4th - Eliminated |
Semi-Finalist | Order | Buzzes and judges' votes | Finished [10] | |||
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Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | |||
Lil' Icons | 1 | 5th - Eliminated | ||||
Ursula Burns | 2 | ![]() | 8th - Eliminated | |||
Kerr James | 3 | 4th - Eliminated | ||||
Graeme Mathews | 4 | ![]() | ![]() | 3rd (Judges' Vote tied – Lost on Public Vote) | ||
Duo A&J | 5 | 6th - Eliminated | ||||
Jimmy Tamley | 6 | 7th - Eliminated | ||||
Ben Hart | 7 | 1st (Won Public Vote) | ||||
Mark McMullan | 8 | ![]() | ![]() | 2nd (Judges' Vote tied – Won on Public Vote) |
Semi-Finalist | Order | Buzzes and judges' votes | Finished [10] | |||
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Cowell | Holden | Dixon | Walliams | |||
Gonzo | 1 | 6th - Eliminated | ||||
X | 2 | 1st (Won Public Vote) | ||||
Jacob Jones | 3 | 7th - Eliminated | ||||
Fabulous Sisters | 4 | 8th - Eliminated | ||||
Leanne Mya | 5 | 5th - Eliminated | ||||
Barbara Nice | 6 | 4th - Eliminated | ||||
Libby & Charlie 9 | 7 | ![]() | ![]() | 3rd (Judges' Vote tied – Lost on Public Vote) | ||
Jonathan Goodwin | 8 | ![]() | ![]() | 2nd (Judges' Vote tied – Won on Public Vote) |
Finalist | Order | Finished [10] |
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Dave & Finn | 1 | 5th |
Flakefleet Primary School | 2 | 6th |
Ben Hart | 3 | 3rd |
Libby & Charlie | 4 | 10th |
4MG | 5 | 11th |
Mark McMullan | 6 | 7th |
Jonathan Goodwin | 7 | 8th |
Siobhan Phillips | 8 | 9th |
X | 9 | 2nd |
Kojo Anim | 10 | 4th |
Colin Thackery | 11 | 1st |
Episode | Air date | Total viewers (millions) [16] | ITV Weekly rank [16] |
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Auditions 1 | 6 April | 10.66 | 1 |
Auditions 2 | 13 April | 10.49 | 1 |
Auditions 3 | 20 April | 9.48 | 1 |
Auditions 4 | 27 April | 10.18 | 1 |
Auditions 5 | 4 May | 9.94 | 1 |
Auditions 6 | 11 May | 9.40 | 1 |
Auditions 7 | 18 May | 8.79 | 1 |
Auditions 8 | 25 May | 8.03 | 1 |
Semi-final 1 | 27 May | 8.69 | 2 |
Semi-final 1 results | 6.68 | 12 | |
Semi-final 2 | 28 May | 7.64 | 4 |
Semi-final 2 results | 6.12 | 17 | |
Semi-final 3 | 29 May | 7.70 | 3 |
Semi-final 3 results | 5.59 | 21 | |
Semi-final 4 | 30 May | 7.26 | 6 |
Semi-final 4 results | 5.58 | 22 | |
Semi-final 5 | 31 May | 7.03 | 10 |
Semi-final 5 results | 5.92 | 18 | |
Final | 2 June | 9.73 | 1 |
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